00:05But the big story that we are breaking right at the very top, National Security Advisor
00:09Agir Doval has held an important meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing.
00:15The key Doval-Wangi meeting that's taken place in Beijing has discussed India-China border
00:22talks and comes of course just ahead of the BRICS summit where Chinese President Xi is
00:29expected to visit India. Though China has not yet confirmed his participation in the summit,
00:35officials on both sides are optimistic that the Chinese President will come to India. His first
00:42visit here since, remember, tensions were there in the border and that was in 2020 when there was
00:49the Galwan face-off. Both sides apparently talking about how to renew peace efforts along the border.
00:57Joining me now, Pranay Upadhyay, who tracks external affairs for us. Pranay, what do we know of this
01:04meeting and particularly of its significance ahead of that big BRICS summit meeting in a couple of weeks?
01:11Absolutely, Razdeep. This is a very important engagement between the SRO special representatives
01:17of India and China. The meeting took place in Beijing for which India's NSA Agir Doval traveled
01:22to Beijing. And in fact, this meeting is, has come at a very particular time because A, after the
01:29setting up of the special working mechanism to have an early harvest on boundary resolution issue,
01:34this meeting is important because this was decided in New Delhi during the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister
01:40Wang Yi in August 2025. A special working mechanism was set up under the part of, as part of the
01:47WMCC.
01:48And after that, this is the first review meeting of the WMCC process and to review the early harvest
01:53procedures. Besides that, as you also mentioned that the Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected
01:58to visit India for the BRICS summit, which is likely to, which is scheduled in September on 12th and 13th.
02:05And before that, you know, the preparatory round of engagement are going on between India and China
02:10and for which the National Security Advisor is also having meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister
02:18Wang Yi, as well as he had meeting with the Chinese Vice President Han Jiang. So in all these terms,
02:23this is important. And besides that, the viewpoint conveyed by the Indian side is that the peace and
02:29tranquility is paramount to be maintained alongside the line of actual control before, you know, which is
02:35paramount for the for the betterment of India-China ties for joining us with those details on that Doval
02:46Wang meeting. Appreciate you joining.
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